WOMEN WHO EXPERIENCE INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, 2000 - 2017UNFPA Asia and the Pacific Region
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Percentage of women who reported experience of physical or sexual violence, or both, by an intimate partner in their lifetime.
Percentage of women who reported experience of physical or sexual violence, or both, by an intimate partner in the last 12 months.
Subnational data
measuring prevalence of violenceagainst women in asia-pacific
ASIA
PACIFIC
CountryWHO multi-country study (WHO) or adaptation of WHO methodology (aWHO)
Demographic and Health Survey with Domestic Violence module (DHS) and/or other methodologies
2017 REGIONAL SNAPSHOT
As of August 2017: out of 37 countries in the UNFPA Asia-Pacific region completed at least one violence against women (VAW) prevalence survey 30
countries have completed more than one national VAW prevalence survey with comparable methods4
countries have national statistics on intimate partner violence 26
of these have data on all three forms of violence in the last 12 months for SDG indicator 5.2.122
countries have national statistics on sexual violence by non-partners 17
of these have data on sexual violence in the last 12 months for SDG indicator 5.2.28
*
39
China
9*
Bangladesh
53
24
24
37
India
14
28
Nepal
6
20
Maldives18
28
Sri Lanka
*
13
Bhutan
27
*
Lao PDR6
15
Cambodia
21
8
9
34
Viet Nam
59
Timor-Leste
46
17Philippines
7
Japan15
4
Palau
25
8
Federated Statesof Micronesia
24
33
Nauru
48
22
Marshall Is.
18
51
Kiribati
68
36
Tuvalu
37
25
Solomon Is.
64
42
Vanuatu
60
44
Fiji
64
24
Tonga
40
19
33
9
Cook Is.
Samoa
46
22
Afghanistan
51
46
17
11
Myanmar
Papua New Guinea
68
5933*
*
22
Thailand
44
*
AfghanistanASIA
BangladeshBhutan
Cambodia
ChinaIndiaIndonesiaIran, Islamic Republic of
Japan
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
MalaysiaMaldives
MongoliaMyanmar
Nepal
PakistanPhilippinesSri LankaThailandTimor-Leste, Democratic Republic of
Viet Nam
Cook IslandsFiji
Kiribati
Marshall Islands, Republic of
Micronesia, Federated States ofNauruNiuePalauPapua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
TokelauTongaTuvalu
Vanuatu
20072012201520122005
2000
2014
2006
201120122013201220002015
2010
201220102008
201220142013
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20132012
2000
2008
20092007
2011
DHSDHS
aWHO aWHO
aWHO/P4P
DHS
WHO
aWHO
WHO
DHS
DHS
DHSDHS
aWHO/P4PWHOaWHO
aWHO
aWHOaWHOaWHO
aWHOaWHOaWHO
aWHOaWHO/P4P
WHOaWHO
aWHODHS
aWHO
NationalNational
NationalNational1 site
National
Urban site
National
National
NationalNational
NationalNationalNational
2 sitesNational
National
NationalNational
NationalNationalNationalNational
National1 site
NationalNational
NationalNationalNational
4,46721,324
5383,3321,08283,703
1,371
2,997
1,900
4,1973,059
3,68710,963
5592,8181,4784,838
1,0133,1931,527
9471,006148
931
7921,6462,882
634851
2,337
15-4915-49
15-4915-6415-4915-49
18-49
15-64
15-49
15-4915-49
15-4915-4915-4915-4915-4918-60
15-6415-6415-49
15-6415-6415-64
15-64
15-4915-4915-49
15-4915-4915-49
n.a.
23.2
37.3
32.038.315.8
34.7
26.2
29.2
16.413.5
32.221.530.038.055.4
53.6
26.7
58.347.1
47.632.8n.a.
23.069.019.656.1
24.028.168.0
n.a.
13.0
34.4
14.710.011.2
15.4
10.5
12.3
9.610.2
28.313.49.6
20.044.0
25.4
9.628.830.1
22.124.6n.a.
9.128.312.342.6
13.023.154.0
48.720.5
50.5
15.035.235.1
12.9
11.6
17.9
23.116.3
26.812.720.828.448.731.5
30.261.160.048.128.646.6
23.051.540.545.5
33.433.351.0
18.445.8
10.14.76.821.4
3.1
4.0
5.7
10.410.2
18.05.35.110.735.86.4
6.719.432.416.219.420.6
6.5
21.917.9n.a.
12.523.833.0
17.87.5
10.510.2
14.010.0
6.2
7.2
6.7
14.33.5
n.a.
5.3
17.929.440.59.9
13.133.964.420.618.120.6
10.358.1
19.554.7
16.510.044.0
11.05.3
6.1
4.1
1.97.2
1.3
3.1
2.0
7.72.2
n.a.
3.2
15.016.431.44.2
4.614.233.75.912.9
9.9
3.5
13.411.5n.a.
11.0
5.133.0
26.553.350.8
20.938.737.2
15.4
15.3
19.5
28.217.3
n.a.
16.927.844.058.834.4
33.064.167.650.932.848.1
25.267.546.163.5
39.636.860.0
13.023.946.1
7.7
8.723.9
3.8
6.0
6.4
14.3
11.0
n.a.
7.1
18.422.046.49.0
9.123.736.118.224.1
22.1
8.432.922.4
41.8
18.9
25.044.0
n.a.
n.a.
17.513.6n.a.
n.a.
4.7
5.1
8.6
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
8.6n.a.
9.9
38.6
26.911.033.09.6n.a.
13.9n.a.
62.0
18.2
67.8n.a.
28.0
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
2.6n.a.n.a.
n.a.
0.9
n.a.
n.a.n.a.
n.a.
n.a.n.a.
n.a.n.a.n.a.
7.9n.a.n.a.
3.53.0n.a.
2.5n.a.n.a.n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
12.53.8n.a.n.a.
3.5
5.3
6.2
n.a.n.a.
n.a.n.a.
n.a.
4.413.92.3
7.48.59.8
13.08.047.3
15.1
n.a.10.6
18.0
6.3n.a.
33.0
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.n.a.
n.a.
0.0
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.
10.0n.a.
0.5n.a.
n.a.
0.82.712.2
3.4n.a.
n.a.n.a.
n.a.n.a.n.a.
Country Year of data collection
ASIA
Survey methodology
Geographical Coverage
Sample size
Age group Lifetime
Psychological violence Physical violence
Intimate partner violence among ever-partnered women
Sexual violence Physical and/or sexual violence
Physical violence by non-partner
Non-partner violence since age 15 among all women
Sexual violence by non-partner
Last 12 months Lifetime
Last 12 months Lifetime
Last 12 months Lifetime
Last 12 months Lifetime
Last 12 months Lifetime
Last 12 months
PACIFIC
Data in these columns are reflected in the map
Data in the blue columns contribute to monitoring SDG indicator 5.2.1
Data in the yellow column contribute to monitoring SDG indicator 5.2.2
2015
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2015
Table 2. Proportion of women reporting experience of partner and non-partner violence in countries in the UNFPA Asia-Pacific region, by August 2017
General notes on map and tables:
The countries listed in the tables are those in the Asia-Pacific Region where UNFPA is present/working.
The data in the map and table 2 reflect the most recent (if available national) data collected with either the WHO methodology or the DHS (DV module) from publicly available survey reports, updated in August 2017. The map and tables will be periodically updated and expanded to cover more countries, more studies and more types of violence. For the most recent data refer to the website below.
n.a.: data not collected or not available in source report
Three periods (...) indicate no known survey conducted or no results available yet
The data for ‘psychological violence’ in these tables reflect the findings for acts of emotional violence without including controlling behaviours
For Thailand, the prevalence rates are calculated as average for the two sites
Disclaimer: The designations employed and the presentation of material on the map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNFPA concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its former frontiers or boundaries. The dotted line represents approximately the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir agreed upon by India and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu and Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon by the parties.
The depiction and use of boundaries, geographic names and related data shown on the map and included in lists and tables in this publication are not warranted to be error free nor do they necessarily imply official endorsement or acceptance by the UNFPA.
United Nations Population FundAsia and the Pacific Regional Office4th Floor, UN Service Building
WHO: WHO multi-country study on women’s health and domestic violence (2005)
aWHO: Country studies that have replicated or adapted the methodology of the WHO multi-country study on women’s health and domestic violence, publicly available
aWHO/P4P: Adaptation of WHO methodology conducted in limited sites, as part of the Partners for Prevention Multi-Country Study on Men and Violence in Asia and the Pacific (2013)
DHS: Demographic and Health surveys (country reports that included a chapter on domestic violence)
UNECE: VAW surveys using (adaptation) of UNECE survey module (for UN statistical VAW indicators)
Prepared by Dr Henrica A.F.M. (Henriette) Jansen
Key findings for Asia-PacificBy country, the proportion of women who have reported experience of physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime ranges from 15 percent in Japan and Lao PDR, to 68 percent in Kiribati and Papua New Guinea.
The proportion of women who have reported experience of physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner in the past 12 months ranges from 4 percent in Japan to 46 percent in Afghanistan and Timor-Leste.
In most countries of the region, women are much more likely to have experienced intimate partner violence than to have experienced physical or sexual violence by someone other than a partner.
Samoa and Tonga differ from other countries in that women are more likely to have experienced physical violence by perpetrators other than partners, such as by family members or teachers.
The new development agenda calls on us to leave no one behind. Women are most vulnerable to violence behind the closed doors of their own homes. Women have the right to live a life without violence.
Goal 5: “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.”
Target 5.2: “Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation”
Indicator 5.2.1: Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to physical, sexual or psychological violence by a current or former intimate partner, in the last 12 months, by form of violence and by age group.
Indicator 5.2.2: Proportion of women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to sexual violence by persons other than an intimate partner, in the last 12 months, by age group and place of occurrence.
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